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Recovery.gov names names

Recovery.gov is blowing the whistle on companies that received stimulus money and haven't reported the progress on the number of jobs created or other data required. Last week, the website that Read more...

FCC looks to other countries for broadband ideas

Federal regulators are looking around the world at the successes other countries have had with broadband development. They're focusing on Sweden and more than 30 other countries from Australia to the Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: IT helps government seal borders

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is getting a big boost from the economic stimulus package--a $980 million appropriation that includes IT funding to help improve control of the borders. Read more...

A billion here, a billion there for federal IT

Almost every day, there are new studies showing where the money from the economic stimulus package is heading. And Wednesday was no exception. The newest study from IDC Industry Insights identified Read more...

OPM pushed to fast-track stimulus hiring

When was anything done quickly in the federal government? Well, now is the time for government to move swiftly, given the urgency of the economic crisis and the need to get federal workers in place Read more...

Obama's 21st century team meets the 20th century White House

The White House tech team is having a retro moment. Geared up for 21st century cyber communications, they are finding it difficult to communicate online in ways they always dreamed. WhiteHouse.gov is Read more...